Comments on: Simon Says #67: State of the Format (BTT 8-4)

By: tdoggy

tdoggy — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 01:32:59 +0000

@Chriscool
I don’t think he was recommending playing a three color deck. I think he is referring to staying open to three colors during pack 1 then picking his best 2 color combination at some point in pack 2.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 17:09:47 +0000

Nice matches. I have to say I hate playing the WU bestow deck in this format. Most frustrating to play against. That oracles insight pretty much sealed the deal G1, gave him all the fuel he needed to outrace whatever you had.

By: JV

JV — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:40:21 +0000

Horizon Chimera over Nylea’s Disciple, all day, every day, especially since you had already decided on G/U. As your matches showed, the Nylea’s Disciples where only average. Yes they can have a nice heal effect, but they are a 3/3 for 4 mana, which became a problem for you in match 2 with your mana issues.

By: ST

ST — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:42:46 +0000

Great video, appreciate the content as always. That said, nylea’s disciple over horizon chimaera is a terrible pick. You had a plethora of ways to pump it, double feral, raised by wolves, and all three dryads, and would have been almost your only source of evasion.

By: Reinaldo

Reinaldo — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 23:41:49 +0000

Although it might seem like a troll move to mention this at this point, I actually really enjoyed your considerations at the end of M1G1. While unnecesary in hindsight, they really showed how a good player will play around EVERY card in the format if possible to deny the opponent a 1 in a 100 out to get back in the game. I think I can really learn from this mentality to play around cards when I’m ahead, and to not do so when behind.

@ChrisKool: as I understood the intro, Simon will not play 3 color decks, but he will be in 3 colors during the draft to stay open to multiple 2-color archetypes to settle into later on. This draft showcased that to some degree as he was locked in to green but open to several secondary colors: red and blue.

By: TomH

TomH — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 19:54:33 +0000

Since the mistake in match 1 seems to be well covered…

The blocking order in M2G1 of Wavecrash Triton then Horizon Scholar did matter greatly. He was keeping up Gods Willing mana, so you’d be much better off if he had to use Gods Willing to save his scholar rather than his Wavecrash Triton which then allowed him to tap down your best hope of winning for yet another turn.

By: Carrot

Carrot — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 17:31:24 +0000

@Greg, while Raised by Wolves is the 2nd pick and archtype is the 1st pick, the Raised by Wolves is a stronger card and you should work harder to stay green than red at this point. Red has a tendency to be a trap in this format, so I easily agree with not taking a red card there.